Opinion – Biden’s Russia sanctions have backfired spectacularly on the US. And Africa could reap the benefits
As the world ditches the US dollar, the threat of Western sanctions could lose their grip in African politics. By Moffat Ekoriko.
Opinion: Why the war is not over for Nigeria’s Obi-dient movement, despite poll setback
Peter Obi-supporter Princess Edima-Sharon Bassey looks on the bright side about the Labour election defeat.
Culture wars dividing the West
One of the major world events during the Covid-19 pandemic was the eight minutes in which Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on George Floyd’s neck.
Lockdown is real killer in Africa
At the last count, Covid-19 had infected 35 million people worldwide, leaving more than a million dead.
Nigeria stands on a cliff edge
Akin Sawyerr argues that Nigerian leaders need to make a u-turn to save the country from catastrophe
Gaining from the brain drain
Moffat Ekoriko sets out a pathway for Africa to gain from the brain drain
Africans are seeking good governance
In August last year when Angola’s Eduardo dos Santos handed over power to a protégé, very few analysts suspected that it was the onset of the Southern Africa Spring. For one, the process lacked the socio political upheaval of the Arab Spring which threw out leaders like Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and Libya’s Muammar Ghaddafi, hitherto thought untouchable. Also, the process was internal to the ruling political circles. The 74 year old former liberation fighter, was stepping down after 38 years in power. He was Africa’s longest serving head of state. Only Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema has lasted longer in power.
The (bad) American dream
Funkekeme Solomon worries about the direction of the world under the US presidency of Donald Trump
Forging Africa Caribbean ties
Jucilla Walters argues for the deepening of ties between Africa and the Caribbeans.
In search of the common good
Until we look after our own, the black race will continue to live in shit holes, argues Moffat Ekoriko.